Commonwealth Railways map of Australia showing railway systems, 1937 / compiled and drawn by Property and Survey Branch, Department of the Interior, Canberra
- Bib ID:
- 8045188
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Commonwealth Railways (Australia), issuing body
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:5,430,855 (E 112°00ʹ--E 154°00ʹ/S 10°00ʹ--S 44°00ʹ).
- Printer:
- Canberra : L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Govt. Printer
- Description:
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- Canberra : [Commonwealth Railways], [1937]
- 1 map : colour ; 63 x 84 cm, on sheet 70 x 92 cm
- Full contents:
- [Continuation inset]: Tasmania.
- Biography/History:
-
The Commonwealth Railways were established in 1912, as part of a government department, currently called the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, by the Government of Australia to construct the missing link in the east-west transcontinental railway and the proposed Port Augusta to Darwin railway. It was absorbed into the Australian National Railways Commission in 1975.
- Notes:
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- Map of Australia showing the existing railways, those under construction, the existing railway gauges (5 ft. 3 in. ; 4 ft. 8.5 in. ; 3 ft. 6 in. ; 2 ft 6 in. and 2 ft.) on a background map showing cities, towns and water features.
- Includes reference and table for route mileage, Government railways open for traffic 30th June, 1937.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Thematic maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1937
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australia. Department of the Interior. Property and Survey Branch, compiler, cartographer
- Also Titled:
- Map of Australia showing railway systems, 1937
- Copyright:
-
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1987 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1937
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